diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index b1f8a4025195e5..ba1036f0912730 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/bits.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
 #include "mds_client.h"
@@ -4171,13 +4172,21 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			  struct ceph_mdsmap *newmap,
 			  struct ceph_mdsmap *oldmap)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, j, err;
 	int oldstate, newstate;
 	struct ceph_mds_session *s;
+	unsigned long targets[DIV_ROUND_UP(CEPH_MAX_MDS, sizeof(unsigned long))] = {0};
 
 	dout("check_new_map new %u old %u\n",
 	     newmap->m_epoch, oldmap->m_epoch);
 
+	if (newmap->m_info) {
+		for (i = 0; i < newmap->possible_max_rank; i++) {
+			for (j = 0; j < newmap->m_info[i].num_export_targets; j++)
+				set_bit(newmap->m_info[i].export_targets[j], targets);
+		}
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < oldmap->possible_max_rank && i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
 		if (!mdsc->sessions[i])
 			continue;
@@ -4231,6 +4240,7 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		if (s->s_state == CEPH_MDS_SESSION_RESTARTING &&
 		    newstate >= CEPH_MDS_STATE_RECONNECT) {
 			mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+			clear_bit(i, targets);
 			send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s);
 			mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
 		}
@@ -4253,6 +4263,51 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Only open and reconnect sessions that don't exist yet.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < newmap->possible_max_rank; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * In case the import MDS is crashed just after
+		 * the EImportStart journal is flushed, so when
+		 * a standby MDS takes over it and is replaying
+		 * the EImportStart journal the new MDS daemon
+		 * will wait the client to reconnect it, but the
+		 * client may never register/open the session yet.
+		 *
+		 * Will try to reconnect that MDS daemon if the
+		 * rank number is in the export targets array and
+		 * is the up:reconnect state.
+		 */
+		newstate = ceph_mdsmap_get_state(newmap, i);
+		if (!test_bit(i, targets) || newstate != CEPH_MDS_STATE_RECONNECT)
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * The session maybe registered and opened by some
+		 * requests which were choosing random MDSes during
+		 * the mdsc->mutex's unlock/lock gap below in rare
+		 * case. But the related MDS daemon will just queue
+		 * that requests and be still waiting for the client's
+		 * reconnection request in up:reconnect state.
+		 */
+		s = __ceph_lookup_mds_session(mdsc, i);
+		if (likely(!s)) {
+			s = __open_export_target_session(mdsc, i);
+			if (IS_ERR(s)) {
+				err = PTR_ERR(s);
+				pr_err("failed to open export target session, err %d\n",
+				       err);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		dout("send reconnect to export target mds.%d\n", i);
+		mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+		send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s);
+		ceph_put_mds_session(s);
+		mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < newmap->possible_max_rank && i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
 		s = mdsc->sessions[i];
 		if (!s)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
index 3c444b9cb17b8c..61d67cbcb36711 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(void **p, void *end, bool msgr2)
 	int err;
 	u8 mdsmap_v;
 	u16 mdsmap_ev;
+	u32 target;
 
 	m = kzalloc(sizeof(*m), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!m)
@@ -260,9 +261,14 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(void **p, void *end, bool msgr2)
 						       sizeof(u32), GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!info->export_targets)
 				goto nomem;
-			for (j = 0; j < num_export_targets; j++)
-				info->export_targets[j] =
-				       ceph_decode_32(&pexport_targets);
+			for (j = 0; j < num_export_targets; j++) {
+				target = ceph_decode_32(&pexport_targets);
+				if (target >= m->possible_max_rank) {
+					err = -EIO;
+					goto corrupt;
+				}
+				info->export_targets[j] = target;
+			}
 		} else {
 			info->export_targets = NULL;
 		}